Originally Posted by
joepilot50
Listening to the older guys cry about deserving Age 67 because Age 65 screwed them is just as bad.......
Or how they waited until it was the best time to cry about raising the age allowing those above them retire first......
Oh not to mention still pushing for raising the age due to a shortage when 2000 pilots just found themselves on the street.......
You're wasting your time using reason on this subject - it's purely emotional. Everyone "feels" like they "still got it". Everyone feels that it's the other guy that lost a step. Everyone feels that the guys they fly with still enjoy them. They're all the cool captain.
The last time this crap happened (age 65) I was on the bus listening to a discussion between a guy going from 727 FE back to 757 Capt and complaining about the FMS while the guy he was bitching with was an MD-11 Capt who was irritated that he couldn't get his son hired.
Self awareness and logic is never a part of this conversation.